Re: [Evolution] Preparing for 1.0 release

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj ximian com>]

Since Netscape uses mbox files, one should easily be able to write a
script that will duplicate the folder heirarchy under ~/evolution/local/
to mimic the heirarchy in ~/nsmail/ and copy the mbox files over.
You'll also need to create a folder-metadata.xml file in each folder,
but this xml file is very simple and can be copied from the default
~/evolution/local/Inbox/folder-metadata.xml file.

Once done, Evo should work fine with them (it is suggested that you do
this while evo is not running).

Jeff

On Fri, 2001-10-26 at 14:51, Pascal DeMilly wrote:
> Dear Evolution developers,
>
> First of all I would like to congratulate you on bringing a great
> product to life. On my end I have been working hard in promoting Linux
> on the desktop at my customers replacing slowly but surely MS Windows.
> One of the biggest complaints I always get is not being able to provide
> a good replacement for MS Outlook. I have used Evolution for many months
> now and I am looking forward to 1.0. I would like to replace Netscape
> messenger, which my users are currently using, by Evolution as soon as
> it is out of beta. 
>
> While recently doing some testing on how to convert them, I found out
> that while there is a messenger importer, I couldn't start it from the
> command prompt. Actually I had to first set Evolution using the setup
> assistant before being presented with the importer. What do you
> suggested is the best way to convert my users ? They are not
> sophisticated enough to go through the steps required to set their
> e-mail accounts and I sure don't want to have to go to each desktops
> even when using VNC to update each account. 
>
> This is Unix anyway. One should always be able to go to a shell and run
> a quick command or perl script to automate stuff. One thing I always
> disliked about Windows and co was that you couldn't automate things.
> Always all those darn windows to go through. I hope you guys are not
> forgetting us, System administrators and solution providers. We want to
> push Linux on the desktop but we don't want to have the same nightmare
> than when supporting Windows.
>
> Please don't take that message as flame. It is not my intention. I just
> want to make sure that we are not forgetting what makes Unix superior to
> Windows is that you can centralize data, automate tasks and remotely
> maintain systems easily and efficiently.
>
> Regards,
>
> Pascal
>
>
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